Violin mute



Dec; 9,1 1,518,935

L KOZELEK VTQLIN MUTE Fuel: Sept. a, 1925 FIG. 1

Patented 9, 1924 LOUIS KOZELEK, OF SCHENEC'IADY, NEW YORK.

VIOLIN HIUTE.

Application filed September To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, Louis Kosncnn, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Schenectady, in the county iichenectady and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful improve ments in Violin Mutes, of which the iollowing is a specification,

This invention relates to improvements in violin lnutes.

An important object of this invention is to provide a device oi? the above mentioned character which is adaptable to various positions to cause the production 0? various tones, such as a flute tone.

Another important object. of this invention is to provide a mute which is simple in con struction, durable, and one that could be placed upon the market at a reasonable cost.

Other objects and advantages oi this invention will readily become apparent during the course of the following description, in which Figure 1 is a top plan view of a violin with my device properly associated there with,

Figure 2 is a plan view of the mute,

Figure 3 is a cross sectional view of the violin finger board and strings with the mute shown in operative position, and

Figure 4; is a transverse sectional view of the units as it appears when placed be t en the violin finger board and the strings.

In the drawings, wherein for the purpose of illustration is shown a preferred enihodiinen't 01? my invention, the numeral 5 indicates a violin having the usual tail piece 6 which is attached to the button 7. Attached to the tail piece 5 are the usual strings 8 which are stretched over the bridge 9 and along the finger board 10 to the keys or peg box: 11 in which are carried the usual keys or pe s 12 to which the violin strings 8 are connected.

Referring in particular to Fig. 2 in which is shown an enlarged View of my improved mute, the numeral 13 indicates the body portion, which may be formed by a plurality of woven strands of wool, cotton, silk or the like, which are cut into suitable lengths and the ends turned upon them- 8, 1923. Serial No. 661,615.

selves as at 14; and secured by seizing the ends by a number of convolutions of strong thread or the like as at 16.

in operation the mute is placed undrw ncath the strings between the bridge 9 and the or board 10 and bv resents the 9 a: l O

mute the seized portion 16 it may be forced between the strings 8 and ling r board 10, It will be seen by referring to Fig. 3, that when in operative condition, the mute assumes a somewhat flat position. is also. to be understood, that the mute in other words all of the strands oil twisted material need not be pl' ced between the finger board 10 and sci sired. The strands of the ll'iUlZQ, inay casi be separated and any number desired pla between the linger board and the strings, while the remaining strands will pass along the underside of the linger board 10. Also, by placing the mute at certain point spaced from the inner end of the finger board 10 sharp clear tone, such as produced by a flute, is obtained. Thus a two tone instrument is produced and harsh, or over tones may be eliminated at will, by placing; the mute in various positions, or the clear sharp tone or" a tiute may be obtained. A person will, therefore, be able to obtain most any tone desired from a very loud tone to a very oft tone While I have shown and t d the preferred example of my .lllVtJltlOl it is to he understood that various changes-i in the shape, size, and arrangement of parts may be resorted to without departing from the spirit of the invention or the scope of the subioined claims.

Having thus described my invention, I claiin:

1. in combination with a violin, of niute formed of soft pliable material to be adjnstablv positioned between the strings and finger board for causing variations in tone.

In co '-ation with a violin, of a mute formed of twisted strands of material to he adjustably positioned between the strings and linger board and held in such positions thereby for causing variations in tone.

In testimony whereof I attiz; my signature,

LOUIS KOZELEK. 

